The House Governmental Affairs Committee argued today over a resolution to create a 19-member panel to study policing policies. The legislation referenced the killing of George Floyd as a reason for establishing the study group. Pineville Representative Mike Johnson took issue with that…
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The House committee approved the measure, but it was amended removing Floyd’s death from the text of the resolution.

An attorney for Thomas McGlothen, a black man who died in April while in the custody of Shreveport police disagrees with a coroner’s report that said the 44-year-old died from excited delirium. Lawyer James Carter calls that junk science…
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Carter points to a newly released video that shows officers beating McGlothen shortly before he died.

During the regular session, lawmakers passed criminal justice reform measures that advocates say will cut down on recidivism. One bill allows parolees to check in with their officers virtually. Pelican Institute CEO Daniel Erspamer says this saves parolees from taking off from work to meet their parole officer.
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That’s House Bill authored by Eunice Representative Patrick Devillier.

New Orleans will join the rest of the state on Saturday and move into phase two of reopening economy. That means bars on Bourbon Street can finally reopen. CEO of New Orleans and Company Mark Romig….
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But just like the rest of the state, live music is still not allowed. But Phase 2 allows for the reopening of Harrah’s New Orleans casino.